# 梯

| 梯 | U+68AF, &#26799; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF |
| ← 梮 [U+68AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 械 → [U+68B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

梯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 4892$_7$, composition ⿰木弟)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
* Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
* Unihan data for U+68AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 梯 | *tʰiːl |
| 睇 | *tʰiːl, *diːls |
| 涕 | *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls |
| 挮 | *tʰiːlʔ |
| 鬀 | *tʰiːls, *diːls |
| 剃 | *tʰiːls |
| 綈 | *diːl |
| 蕛 | *diːl |
| 稊 | *diːl |
| 苐 | *diːl |
| 鵜 | *diːl |
| 銻 | *diːl |
| 鮷 | *diːl |
| 罤 | *diːl |
| 弟 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 娣 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 悌 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 第 | *diːls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰiːl) : semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tī (ti$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ti$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thôi
    (Hailu, HRS): toi$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): toi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tăi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tui$^1$ / te$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thui / the
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$thi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ti
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^1$
*** Yale: tī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ti$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ti
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tai$^1$
*** Yale: tāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hai³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰui⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: te$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰe⁵³³/
* tui1 - vernacular;
* te1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: thej
Rime :
| Character | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 土雞切 |
| Baxter | thej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰei/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤ[ə]j/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thej › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁ[ə]j/ |
| English | stairs |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2279 |
| Phonetic component | 弟 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梯 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰiːl/ |

### Definitions

梯
* ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c; 支 mn; 張／张 mn-t)
    擔堂梯／担堂梯 [Cantonese] ― daam$^1$ tong$^4$ tai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to carry a ladder
* ladder-shaped object
* to climb
* to lean against
* (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
    梯旁 [Cantonese] ― tai$^1$ pong$^4$ [Jyutping] ― along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 樓梯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 樓梯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 梯子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 梯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 梯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 梯架 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 梯架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 梯子, 樓梯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 樓梯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 扶梯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 梯子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梯, 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 爬梯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 腳梯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 樓梯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 樓批 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 樓梯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 梯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 梯仔, 梯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 陡梯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 樓梯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 梯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 梯子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 梯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 樓階 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 梯, 樓梯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 梯, 樓梯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 樓梯, 梯 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 梯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 梯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 樓梯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樓梯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡梯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 梯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 梯 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 梯子, 竹梯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 梯, 梯子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 梯子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 路梯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 樓梯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 梯兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 樓梯, 梯子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 樓梯 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯, 手扶梯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 電梯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 電動扶梯, 電梯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扶手電梯, 行人電梯, 自動電梯, 電梯, 自動梯, 扶梯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 電梯 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 電梯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯 |

### Compounds

* 人梯 (réntī)
* 去梯言
* 回旋梯
* 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
* 天梯 (tiāntī)
* 安全梯
* 扶梯 (fútī)
* 抽梯子
* 拔短梯
* 搭梯子
* 摺梯 / 折梯
* 木拐梯子
* 梯凳
* 梯媒
* 梯子 (tīzi)
* 梯山
* 梯山航海 (tīshānhánghǎi)
* 梯己
* 梯形 (tīxíng)
* 梯恩梯 (tī'ēntī)
* 梯桄
* 梯橋 / 梯桥
* 梯次 (tīcì)
* 梯氣 / 梯气
* 梯河
* 梯田 (tītián)
* 梯級 / 梯级 (tījí)
* 梯航
* 梯衝 / 梯冲
* 梯隊 / 梯队 (tīduì)
* 樓梯 / 楼梯 (lóutī)
* 氣壓梯度 / 气压梯度
* 滑梯 (huátī)
* 滑稽突梯
* 登梯
* 登雲梯 / 登云梯
* 盤梯 / 盘梯
* 禍梯 / 祸梯
* 突梯
* 突梯滑稽
* 第三梯隊 / 第三梯队
* 等腰梯形 (děngyāo tīxíng)
* 緪梯
* 繩梯 / 绳梯
* 翻梯子
* 胡梯 (hútī)
* 航海梯山
* 舷梯 (xiántī)
* 軟梯 / 软梯
* 鉤梯 / 钩梯
* 階梯 / 阶梯 (jiētī)
* 雲梯 / 云梯 (yúntī)
* 雲梯車 / 云梯车
* 電扶梯 / 电扶梯 (diànfútī)
* 電梯 / 电梯 (diàntī)
* 飛梯 / 飞梯
* 魚梯 / 鱼梯

### References

* “梯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: はしご (hashigo, 梯)

#### Compounds

* 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)
* 階梯(かいてい) (kaitei)
* 魚梯(ぎょてい) (gyotei)
* 雲(くも)の梯(かけはし) (kumo no kakehashi)
* 舷梯(げんてい) (gentei)
* 古言梯(こげんてい) (kogentei)
* 索梯(さくてい) (sakutei)
* 桟梯(さんてい) (santei)
* 梯形(ていけい) (teikei)
* 梯梧(でいご) (deigo), 梯姑(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
* 梯尺(ていしゃく) (teishaku)
* 梯状(ていじょう) (teijō)
* 梯陣(ていじん) (teijin)
* 梯隊(ていたい) (teitai)
* 梯団(ていだん) (teidan)
* 梯子(はしご) (hashigo), 梯子(ていし) (teishi): ladder
* 梯立(はした)て (hashitate)
* 梯(はし)の子(こ) (hashi no ko)
* 磐梯山(ばんだいさん) (Bandaisan)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕe̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [제]

### Hanja

Wikisource 梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

梯: Hán Nôm readings: thê
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